I just ordered the Porter Cable 690LR from Grizzly for $99.99 plus shipping, which is $13.95. It’s a good price on a classic routing work horse. This sale ends 10.23.2013, so I thought I would share for anyone wanting to get in on a last minute sale.

I disagree about the comment about them not being the quality they used to be. I have one in my router table that gets used a lot harder than it should and another I use freehand; both are workhorses and have been the most reliable tools in my shop.

@darthford; how was your last one junk? Both of mine are newer made in mexico models.

Quality was pathetic, warped base, I replaced it with a Milwaukee pistol grip. But if you really want to see pathetic quality my Porter Cable 24” Omni-jig now that was a pile of junk. The whole thing was warped and bowed and out of square. I had a 690 router about 15 years ago that was awesome.

I ended up canceling my order prior to shipping and ordering from Amazon. Primarily I made this change because I know that Amazon has good return options should I find any issues with the router. I had seen this on Amazon prior to my initial Grizzly order but disregarded my gut feeling.